best version of this song I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!
06-16-2009, 03:42 PM
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The song has been around since 1939 I believe. Numerous artists have performed it. Meat Loaf, Ram Jam, and SEVERAL others have done the song. The NAACP boycoted the song for being racist and making black women look bad. Very old.
06-16-2009, 03:45 PM
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Just looked it up. It's older than I thought.
Here is who has done it.
1933 James Baker (AKA Iron Head) and group
1939 Huddie Ledbetter (AKA Lead Belly), originally on the 78rpm album Negro Sinful Tunes
1964 Odetta, Odetta Sings of Many Things album
1964 Alan Lomax, Texas Folk Songs album
1964 Koerner, Ray & Glover, Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers album
1976 Starstruck
1977 Ram Jam, US #18
1986 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kicking Against the ****** album
1989 Mekong Delta (band), Toccata 12" Maxi-Single
1994 Electric Boys, Freewheelin' album
2002 Tom Jones
2002 Throttlerod, on the compilation album Sucking The '70s
2004 Spiderbait, AUS #1
2005 Pumpjack, Triple Platinum album
2005 Tony C. and the Truth
2006 Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell III single B-side
2006 Joe Brown, Down To Earth album
2006 Ying Yang Twins' song "Dangerous" contains a sample of the Ram Jam version
2007 Big City Rock on the TMNT soundtrack
2007 Soil, on the re-release of the album Throttle Junkies
2008 Ministry, on their cover album Cover Up
[edit] Fleetwood Mac take-off
Here is who has done it.
1933 James Baker (AKA Iron Head) and group
1939 Huddie Ledbetter (AKA Lead Belly), originally on the 78rpm album Negro Sinful Tunes
1964 Odetta, Odetta Sings of Many Things album
1964 Alan Lomax, Texas Folk Songs album
1964 Koerner, Ray & Glover, Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers album
1976 Starstruck
1977 Ram Jam, US #18
1986 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kicking Against the ****** album
1989 Mekong Delta (band), Toccata 12" Maxi-Single
1994 Electric Boys, Freewheelin' album
2002 Tom Jones
2002 Throttlerod, on the compilation album Sucking The '70s
2004 Spiderbait, AUS #1
2005 Pumpjack, Triple Platinum album
2005 Tony C. and the Truth
2006 Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell III single B-side
2006 Joe Brown, Down To Earth album
2006 Ying Yang Twins' song "Dangerous" contains a sample of the Ram Jam version
2007 Big City Rock on the TMNT soundtrack
2007 Soil, on the re-release of the album Throttle Junkies
2008 Ministry, on their cover album Cover Up
[edit] Fleetwood Mac take-off
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06-16-2009, 05:02 PM
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I've heard if before on the credits of a movie and had to find it. I searched and searched and then finally found it and bought their cd a few years ago. Don't bother buying their cd.lol
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Spiderbait doing Black Betty is indeed the best version. Much better than Ram Jam. A local radio station played that cover WAAAAAAAAY back and people went nuts. Shortly after it made its way onto the soundtracks of a couple movies. I know it was in the Dukes of Hazard remake and I think Smokin Aces????
